Fear of strange environments

When people are in an unfamiliar environment, most of them are normal, except that they may feel a little nervous occasionally. However, a small number of people may feel fear in unfamiliar environments, which may cause them strong anxiety and even trigger other extreme reactions. This phenomenon is called agoraphobia. There are several solutions to the fear of unfamiliar environments. Let’s learn about them together.

Ambaphobia is actually an intense fear of panic attack anxiety disorder. People with agoraphobia have had panic attacks before and, because they are so worried about them happening again, they avoid any environment they think might trigger their panic, leaving them with only a few places outside their own home where they feel comfortable.

1. Record your fears

We can write down what we fear and why, and think about how we were scared in the past. It doesn't matter when it happened. We don't have to pick or judge. We should then reflect, observe and reflect. This can help us gain knowledge and break the fear. When fear is written down on paper, it loses its power.

2. Enter the Fear

Everyone should do things that make them feel afraid. Try to take a small step first, and then another small step. These actions will also give you courage. You must tell yourself that fear will definitely pass. As your courage and willpower grow, your world will slowly open up.

3. Relax your body

Everyone needs to open their frowning brows, loosen their clenched fists, and take a deep breath. There should be time to relax and rest every day. Everyone needs to live in a relaxed state of mind.

4. Record past successes

We still feel depressed when we eat, and we rarely celebrate when we succeed. By recalling every success throughout this stage of life, we can build confidence.

5. Correcting delusions

In fact, fear is just an illusion. We often unconsciously make up fear stories about what will happen in the future, and then keep thinking about them. Our delusions about fear usually come from the pain we have experienced in the past. Taking those fear stories seriously and living in the present can bring people more sense of security.

1. Specific phobias

A specific phobia is an intense, irrational fear or aversion to a particular object or highly specific situation. It is common in childhood. Typical specific phobias are fear of animals (e.g., spiders, snakes), natural environments (e.g., storms), blood, injections, or highly specific situations (e.g., heights, confined spaces, flying). This can cause patients to develop avoidance behavior.

2. Agoraphobia

Not only are they afraid of open spaces, but they are also anxious about not being able to leave quickly in crowded places or not being able to call for help. One of the key features of a panic situation is that there is no immediately available exit, so patients often avoid these situations or need to be accompanied by family members, relatives or friends.

3. Social phobia

It is mainly characterized by almost uncontrollable and immediate anxiety attacks in social situations, and persistent and obvious fear and avoidance of social scenes. Specifically, the patient is afraid to appear embarrassed, tremble, blush, sweat, or behave clumsily and be at a loss in situations where there are people around or where others are paying attention to him or her, for fear of attracting other people's attention.

1. Believe in yourself and build self-confidence. Have confidence in your abilities, do not deny yourself, and constantly remind yourself "I am the best me" and "I was born to be useful". Many people who are socially nervous are caused by their lack of self-confidence. Therefore, if you want to change, you must first accept and accept yourself in your heart and build up confidence in yourself. Self-confidence is a great power.

2. Do your best. Don’t pursue perfection too much. Don’t be too demanding on yourself. Do whatever you can. As long as you have tried your best, it doesn’t matter if you fail. Don’t care too much about what others think of you and lose yourself by wanting to be recognized by others. Each of us has something missing, so there is no need to make too many comparisons. Every life has its own fun, and we don't have to be completely the same. We can only accept it with our heart, enjoy the beauty of the process, accept our current situation, and don't care too much about other people's eyes.

3. Ignore your own physical reactions. Psychological problems will always be reflected in the body. As the body becomes uncomfortable, the people around you will notice the discomfort. People will become more nervous and terrified, thus amplifying their own nervousness. When we ignore our nervous reactions, because the nervousness does not receive attention and is not strengthened, the nervous reaction will gradually subside over time.

4. Face it Bravely